sudo timeshift --create --comments "test" 1|13:57:50
Using system disk as snapshot device for creating snapshots in BTRFS mode
Mounted '/dev/sda5' (subvolid=0) at '/run/timeshift/25512/backup'
Creating new backup...(BTRFS)
Saving to device: /dev/sda5, mounted at path: /run/timeshift/25512/backup
Created directory: /run/timeshift/25512/backup/timeshift-btrfs/snapshots/2025-12-01_13-58-41
E: ERROR: Could not create subvolume: Text file busy
E: btrfs returned an error: 256
E: Failed to create subvolume snapshot: @
Failed to create snapshot
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Removing snapshots (incomplete):
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Removing snapshot: 2025-12-01_13-58-41
Deleted directory: /run/timeshift/25512/backup/timeshift-btrfs/snapshots/2025-12-01_13-58-41
Removed snapshot: 2025-12-01_13-58-41
my lsblk
lsblk 0|13:58:41
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
sda 8:0 0 931.5G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 224G 0 part
├─sda3 8:3 0 500M 0 part /boot/efi
├─sda4 8:4 0 1G 0 part /boot
├─sda5 8:5 0 338.1G 0 part /home
│ /var/cache
│ /var/log
│ /
└─sda6 8:6 0 367.9G 0 part /mnt/2AB03840B03814B3
zram0 254:0 0 3.8G 0 disk [SWAP]
sudo btrfs subvolume list / 0|14:02:09
ID 256 gen 907 top level 5 path @
ID 257 gen 907 top level 5 path @home
ID 258 gen 871 top level 5 path @cache
ID 259 gen 907 top level 5 path @log
ID 260 gen 50 top level 5 path timeshift-btrfs/snapshots/2025-12-01_02-21-05/@
ID 261 gen 51 top level 5 path timeshift-btrfs/snapshots/2025-12-01_02-21-32/@
inxi -zv8 0|14:03:02
System:
Kernel: 6.12.48-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-6.12-x86_64
root=UUID=7fae08da-fa36-41a8-bb08-c868a242816e rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet splash apparmor=1 security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: GNOME v: 48.5 tk: GTK v: 3.24.50 wm: gnome-shell
tools: gsd-screensaver-proxy dm: GDM v: 48.0 Distro: Manjaro
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Inspiron 5459 v: N/A
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Dell model: 0F1J0W v: A00 serial: <superuser required> part-nu: 06B2
uuid: <superuser required> Firmware: UEFI vendor: Dell v: 1.9.0
date: 09/07/2020
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 23.8 Wh (100%) condition: 23.8/32.6 Wh (73%) volts: 16.59
min: 14.8 model: SMP DELL VN3N047 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> charging:
status: full control: start: 75% end: 80% type: standard
avail: custom,standard,trickle cycles: N/A
Memory:
System RAM: total: 8 GiB available: 7.59 GiB used: 3.13 GiB (41.3%)
Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
Array-1: capacity: 16 GiB slots: 2 modules: 2 EC: None
max-module-size: 8 GiB note: est.
Device-1: DIMM A type: DDR3 detail: synchronous size: 4 GiB
speed: 1600 MT/s volts: curr: 1.35 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
manufacturer: SK Hynix part-no: HMT451S6BFR8A-PB serial: <filter>
Device-2: DIMM B type: DDR3 detail: synchronous size: 4 GiB
speed: 1600 MT/s volts: curr: 1.35 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
manufacturer: Chips and Technologies part-no: N/A serial: <filter>
PCI Slots:
Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-6500U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Skylake
gen: core 6 level: v3 note: check built: 2015 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0x4E (78) stepping: 3 microcode: 0xF0
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 2 cores: 2 threads: 4 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB
desc: 2x256 KiB L3: 4 MiB desc: 1x4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 500 min/max: 400/3100 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
governor: powersave cores: 1: 500 2: 500 3: 500 4: 500 bogomips: 20810
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat
arch_capabilities arch_perfmon art avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush
clflushopt cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64
dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu
fsgsbase fxsr ht hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs ida
intel_pt invpcid lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr
mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge
pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep
sgx smap smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2
tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic
xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Vulnerable: No microcode
Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: conditional;
RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsa status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Type: vmscape mitigation: IBPB before exit to userspace
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Skylake GT2 [HD Graphics 520] vendor: Dell driver: i915
v: kernel arch: Gen-9 process: Intel 14n built: 2015-16 ports: active: eDP-1
empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:1916 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Sun XT [Radeon HD
8670A/8670M/8690M / R5 M330 M430 Radeon 520 Mobile] vendor: Dell
driver: radeon v: kernel alternate: amdgpu arch: GCN-1
code: Southern Islands process: TSMC 28nm built: 2011-20 pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:6660 class-ID: 0380 temp: 52.0 C
Device-3: Microdia Integrated Webcam HD driver: uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-5:2 chip-ID: 0c45:6712
class-ID: 0e02
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.18 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.8
compositor: gnome-shell driver: gpu: i915 display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x14c3 built: 2016 res: 1366x768
dpi: 112 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.576 y: 0.333 green: x: 0.325 y: 0.580
blue: x: 0.157 y: 0.137 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329
size: 309x173mm (12.17x6.81") diag: 354mm (13.9") ratio: 16:9
modes: 1366x768
EDID-Warnings: 1: parse_edid: unknown flag 0
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0
drv: iris device: 1 drv: radeonsi device: 2 drv: swrast gbm: drv: iris
surfaceless: drv: iris wayland: drv: iris x11: drv: iris
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.2.3-arch1.2
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 520 (SKL GT2)
device-ID: 8086:1916 memory: 7.41 GiB unified: yes display-ID: :0.0
Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo x11: xprop
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:9d70
class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.12.48-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.4.8 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wireless 3160 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:08b3 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
Device-2: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet vendor: Dell
driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000
bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8136 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-8:4 chip-ID: 8087:07dc
class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 25.96 GiB (2.8%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: ST1000LM024 HN-M101MBB
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0003 scheme: GPT
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 338.12 GiB size: 338.12 GiB (100.00%)
used: 18.04 GiB (5.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5 label: N/A
uuid: 7fae08da-fa36-41a8-bb08-c868a242816e
ID-2: /boot raw-size: 1024 MiB size: 973.4 MiB (95.06%)
used: 217.8 MiB (22.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4 label: N/A
uuid: bc6e9cec-bc64-4ad5-9409-e0d804fe91d6
ID-3: /boot/efi raw-size: 500 MiB size: 499 MiB (99.80%)
used: 8.2 MiB (1.6%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 label: EFI-SYSTEM
uuid: 1FFE-471A
ID-4: /home raw-size: 338.12 GiB size: 338.12 GiB (100.00%)
used: 18.04 GiB (5.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5 label: N/A
uuid: 7fae08da-fa36-41a8-bb08-c868a242816e
ID-5: /mnt/2AB03840B03814B3 raw-size: 367.9 GiB size: 367.9 GiB (100.00%)
used: 7.71 GiB (2.1%) fs: ntfs dev: /dev/sda6 maj-min: 8:6
label: Education & Software uuid: 2AB03840B03814B3
ID-6: /var/cache raw-size: 338.12 GiB size: 338.12 GiB (100.00%)
used: 18.04 GiB (5.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5 label: N/A
uuid: 7fae08da-fa36-41a8-bb08-c868a242816e
ID-7: /var/log raw-size: 338.12 GiB size: 338.12 GiB (100.00%)
used: 18.04 GiB (5.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5 label: N/A
uuid: 7fae08da-fa36-41a8-bb08-c868a242816e
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 10 (default 60) cache-pressure: 50 (default 100)
zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 4 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
file: /swapfile
ID-2: swap-2 type: zram size: 3.79 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 max-streams: 4
dev: /dev/zram0
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 224 GiB fs: ext4 label: rootMX25
uuid: 41a863d0-58ab-4a43-84d0-e2a5711d373d
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 12 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-5:2 info: Microdia Integrated Webcam HD type: video
driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 500mA chip-ID: 0c45:6712 class-ID: 0e02
Device-2: 1-6:3 info: Realtek RTS5129 Card Reader Controller
type: <vendor specific> driver: rtsx_usb,rtsx_usb_ms,rtsx_usb_sdmmc
interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0
power: 500mA chip-ID: 0bda:0129 class-ID: ff00 serial: <filter>
Device-3: 1-8:4 info: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: bluetooth
driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1
mode: 1.1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:07dc class-ID: e001
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 6 rev: 3.0
speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 54.0 C pch: 44.0 C mobo: 42.0 C sodimm: 40.0 C
gpu: radeon temp: 52.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 0
Repos:
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1349 libs: 366
tools: gnome-software,pamac,paru,yay pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
1: https://mirror.xeonbd.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
CPU top: 5 of 270
1: cpu: 14.1% command: nautilus pid: 26402 mem: 286.8 MiB (3.6%)
2: cpu: 11.5% command: chrome pid: 24914 mem: 305.4 MiB (3.9%)
3: cpu: 10.9% command: gnome-shell pid: 1609 mem: 368.7 MiB (4.7%)
4: cpu: 6.5% command: chrome pid: 16727 mem: 555.9 MiB (7.1%)
5: cpu: 5.0% command: chrome pid: 26868 mem: 255.3 MiB (3.2%)
Memory top: 5 of 270
1: mem: 555.9 MiB (7.1%) command: chrome pid: 16727 cpu: 6.5%
2: mem: 368.7 MiB (4.7%) command: gnome-shell pid: 1609 cpu: 10.9%
3: mem: 305.4 MiB (3.9%) command: chrome pid: 24914 cpu: 11.5%
4: mem: 299.2 MiB (3.8%) command: chrome pid: 18808 cpu: 4.6%
5: mem: 286.8 MiB (3.6%) command: nautilus pid: 26402 cpu: 14.1%
Info:
Processes: 270 Power: uptime: 34m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 3.01 GiB services: gsd-power,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: fish v: 4.0.8 running-in: kgx inxi: 3.3.40
I recently cleanly installed Manjaro 25 on my laptop, dual-booting with MX Linux 25 (for some Debian stability).
I have a near-perfect setup now for my liking. The only thing not working is the timeshift-autosnap.
Can anyone please help me solve this problem?
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